Solutions Architect

Solutions Architect
Dublin Permanent Office Negotiable Ref:

Job Description

My large Financial Services client is looking for a Solutions Architect to join their team, to help create and maintain the architecture of the company, with strong focus on integration architecture.

Job Responsibilities

  • Create deliverables including architecture diagrams and descriptions, solution blueprints and high and low-level solution designs for secure, scalable and reliable integration solution architectures
  • Provide insight on end-to-end business and technical requirements and determining corresponding enterprise system designs and change requirements
  • Work in a highly collaborative way with cross-functional teams on projects, providing support to project teams to ensure the project is aligned with the overall target enterprise architecture and target integration architecture
  • Facilitate the evaluation and selection of software product standards and services, as well as the design of standard and custom software configurations.
  • Define and drive best practices in the integration space, adopting industry best practices and providing architectural support to project teams during implementation phase
  • Promote collaboration and engagement across the team by facilitating knowledge transfer and ensuring improvement initiatives are documented and actioned

Experience Required

  • 4+ years of application design, integration and implementation with 2+ years as an architect/technical lead
  • Practical experience of RESTful API design, API security standards, API governance, Domain Driven Design (DDD) and microservices architecture
  • Strong knowledge of architectural patterns, IT standards and controls, specifically API design standards, patterns and best practices
  • Knowledge of event driven architecture (EDA) and data streaming
  • Good knowledge of integration platforms such as Boomi, Mulesoft, Azure Integration Services and message brokers such as Kafka and RabbitMQ
  • Experience working with public cloud, in particular Microsoft Azure, including PaaS, SaaS, IaaS technologies
  • Working knowledge of one or more architecture tools using ArchiMate
  • Experience in dealing with both internal & external stakeholders, technical & non-technical
  • Experience of working in the insurance industry would be an advantage

Essential and Desirable Skills

  • Excellent communication skills, both written & verbal
  • Ability to interact effectively with both technical and business personnel
  • Proactive, willing to take the initiative and associated responsibility.
  • A thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle

Educational Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or relevant experience.
  • Relevant architecture certifications (TOGAF, ArchiMate, Azure Solution Architect)

Working Hours & Benefits

  • Bonus
  • Pension
  • Motor / home insurance
  • Subsidised lunch
  • Technology scheme
  • Christmas Savings scheme
  • Health insurance

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